batful
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Batful
\Bat"ful\
(b[a^]t"f[.u]l), a. [Icel. bati amelioration, batna to grow better; akin to AS. bet better. Goth. ga-batnan to profit. [root]255. Cf.
Batten
, v. i.,
Better
.] Rich; fertile. [Obs.] "Batful valleys." --Drayton.
[1913 Webster]
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